INTEGATIVE CHUCHES



 
 
LOCATION -- MODERATE LEVELS OF BOTH CONTRACTUAL AND COVENANTAL NEEDS AND
      RESOURCES

      LIBERAL WINGS OF EVANGELICAL CHURCHES, SOUTHERN BAPTISTS, SEVENTH DAY
      ADVENTISTS, MOROMONS

ORIENTATION -- INTEGRATE CONTRACTUAL AND COVENANTAL FORMS
 

CULTURAL DECONSTRUCTION/RECONSTRUCTION

      REAFFIRMATION OF TRADITIONAL DOCTRINAL PRECEPTS ALONG WITH SOME
            FLEXIBILITY OF INTERPRETATION

      EMPHASIS ON INDIVIDUAL FULFILLMENT WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE CHRISTIAN
            COMMUNITY

      RECASTING QUALITIES OF DEITY TO DE-EMPHASIZE SIN (SPECIFIC PROSCRIPTIONS
            ELIMINATED)

      CALLING WORLD TO SPIRITUAL MISSION BUT INTEGRATING WITH THAT WORLD

      RECONSTRUCTING CULTURAL FORMS TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH RELIGIOUS PURPOSE

            CHRISTIAN ROCK

            CHRISTIAN THERAPY

            REDEFINITION OF GENDER ROLES (PROMISE KEEPERS)

            ATTRIBUTE SECULAR FORMS (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY) TO DEITY

 
SOCIAL DESTRUCTURING/RESTRUCTURING

      INTEGRATION WITH BOTH CONTRACTUAL AND COVENANTAL SOCIAL ORDER (MORMONS,
      SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS)

      MODERATE LEVEL OF RELIGIOUS AUTHORIZATION

      MODERATE LEVEL OF SPIRITUAL AGENCY BUT RITUALLY CIRCUMSCRIBED

      RECONSTRUCTING SOCIAL FORMS TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH RELIGIOUS PURPOSE

            CHRISTIAN TALK SHOW AND VACATION COMMUNITY

            SEEKER CHURCHES/MEGA CHURCHES

   MAINTAIN MOVEMENT QUALITITES BUT ALSO BUREAUCRATIZE